Did small investors make the right calls in 2015? Here's the best-selling
funds across some of Britain's investing platforms

Individual investors again showed their strong UK bias this year, with funds investing in the country’s smaller companies dominating the best-seller lists – although it was a familiar income name that topped the charts.

Telegraph Money has brought together top10 lists from several major investing platforms to ascertain which funds investors turned to in 2015 – a year of turbulent global markets and share prices falls among the largest UK companies.

An overview suggests investors have generally avoided funds specialising in the FTSE 100. The blue-chip index has had a tough time since hitting a record level in April and is on course to finish the year down around 8pc.

There are also fewer UK equity income funds that have been core holidngs for the army of investors looking to take regular cash from their holdings. The exception is Woodford Equity Income, run by the country’s best-known fund manager, Neil Woodford, which topped many of the lists.

The logic of this goes that retail investors are typically the last to spot the areas well-placed to rise, and tend to buy only once strong gains have already been made.

Below are the lists collated so far. More will be added with commentary as we receive them.

Some platforms have not ranked their best-sellers, and so do not appear here. One of these is Hargreaves Lansdown, although the company has provided an overview of its biggest sellers and confirmed that, in common with other platforms, Woodford Equity Income attracted the most money.

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